Photo: Evan Roth For many artists, art is just a side hobby, not their 9 to 5 job. It’s tough making a living being an artists when you’re far away from an active art community or your expenses aren’t covered by your creations. Evan Roth is an artist creating art based on free and [...]

If you haven’t heard of The Fun Theory, it’s an initiative started by Volkswagon which allows designers to implement creative design solutions to change citizens behavior for the better. From taking the stairs instead of the escalator to remembering to put on your seatbelt, the Fun Theory believe conceptual changes to these daily tasks can [...]

Photo by Andrea Arroyo Last Sunday was the 10th anniversary of September 11th, and on September 12th, Andrea Arroyo opened her art exhibit September 11 – Past, Present, Future, which displays artwork contributed by 16 artists from different countries and their unique perspective on how 9/11 affected their country and the world. Her exhibit was [...]

Painting: Chad Wys Chad Wys takes digital paintings of Victorian images and digitally paints over them, defacing the vital portions of a standard portrait. The effect is eerie and haunting. Wys explains that “In selecting largely Victorian imagery — or even Romantic or Baroque images from history — I’m negating much of the art’s purpose: [...]

Photo: Eyesaw Here’s another great example of re-purposing art! The artist Eyesaw is fighting against advertising and does so through art. These days, modern art and the like teach us that not all art serve a purpose or have a message–Andy Warhol’s famous Campbell Soup Cans were purposely meaningless! It’s good to see art that [...]